.TH ANSIBLE.SLURP 5 "2012-10-02" "0.8" "ANSIBLE MODULES"
." generated from library/slurp
.SH NAME
slurp \- Slurps a file from remote nodes
." ------ DESCRIPTION
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
This module works like \fIfetch\fR. It is used for fetching a base64- encoded blob containing the data in a remote file. 
." ------ OPTIONS
."
."
.SH OPTIONS

.IP src
The file on the remote system to fetch. This must be a file, not a directory.(required)."
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." ------ NOTES
.SH NOTES
.PP
See also: \fIfetch\fR 
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." ------ EXAMPLES
.SH EXAMPLES
.PP
.nf
ansible host -m slurp -a 'src=/tmp/xx'
    host | success >> {
       "content": "aGVsbG8gQW5zaWJsZSB3b3JsZAo=", 
       "encoding": "base64"
    }

.fi
." ------- AUTHOR
.SH AUTHOR
Michael DeHaan
.SH SEE ALSO
.IR ansible (1),
.I http://ansible.github.com/modules.html#slurp